John Francis Daley (born July 20, 1985) is an American actor, screenwriter, film director, and musician. He is known for playing high school freshman
Sam Weir on the
NBC comedy-drama
Freaks and Geeks and as FBI criminal profiler Dr.
Lance Sweets on the series
Bones, for which he was nominated for a 2014 PRISM Award. He plays keyboards and sings for the band Dayplayer. In 2011, Daley co-wrote the box office hit
Horrible Bosses with his writing partner
Jonathan M. Goldstein.